1/ "this book is dedicated with deepest love..."
>> When I was small, teachers taught me that "the" should be added in front of "-est". Then why "the" is not necessary on the above sentence? How can I figure out "the" is an essential word when using "-est"?
2/ "... my sister... believing in me..."
>> Sometimes there's "in" after "believe" while sometimes not. I've checked my electronic dictionary for more examples. It provides both "I believe in you" and "I believe you". When I refer to the Chinese meanings of these two sentences, the previous one is "信任" while the latter is "相信". I'm wondering if there's any difference like the degree of belief.
3/ "... his brilliant ideas, from which I always benefit."
>> Apart from "from which", I also see ".... , in which...". Why are they written in this way? I know this sentence means "I always benefit from hisbrilliant ideas ", then can I write in "... his brilliant ideas, which I always benefit from" ?
4/ "(someone), whose help and creativity have guided me..."
>> Why not using "who" instead of "who"? I've checked my dictionary, it's said that "whose" is "who/which 的所有格". I don't know what it is talking about. And I refer to the examples, not only human, but an object can also being applied in such sentence (whose). Why? I just thought that "whose" is only applicable to human.
5/ "I receive pictures of happy couples and their children, with letters thanking me for saving their marriage."
>> The author is not referring to a pair of couple only. Why is the word "marriage" not in a plural form?
It doesn't matter if you can't answer all the quesions. Just answer as many as possible! I would still feel very thankful to you ^v^ !
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Martin: "2. almost the same " >> So not totally the same? What's the difference then? TOMING88: I understand your example but I still confuse with my original question. Can you explain that again?
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By the way, how to use "in which" ?
